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CSMS Councilor Speaks on Mental Health Parity at AMA

CSMS Councilor Theodore Zanker, MD gave a presentation today as part of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates meeting in Chicago.

A15_3414A featured speaker at the AMA Litigation Center meeting, Dr. Zanker discussed the lawsuit filed against Anthem by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), in which he is a named plaintiff. CSMS and the AMA filed amicus briefs supporting the APA suit, which relates to mental health parity.

Click here to view the joint letter from CSMS, APA and the Connecticut Psychiatric Society to Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield (March 2013).

 

(Photo courtesy of the American Medical Association)